PRGS vs. AI, CVLT, UPLD, QLYS, INTA, AVDX, ALKT, PD, SWI, and APPN
Should you be buying Progress Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Progress Software include C3.ai (AI), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Upland Software (UPLD), Qualys (QLYS), Intapp (INTA), AvidXchange (AVDX), Alkami Technology (ALKT), PagerDuty (PD), SolarWinds (SWI), and Appian (APPN). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Progress Software received 73 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Progress Software an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
C3.ai presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.08%. Progress Software has a consensus target price of $64.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.42%. Given Progress Software's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Progress Software.
Progress Software has a net margin of 9.67% compared to Progress Software's net margin of -95.21%. C3.ai's return on equity of 36.62% beat Progress Software's return on equity.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progress Software has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, C3.ai had 6 more articles in the media than Progress Software. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for C3.ai and 6 mentions for Progress Software. C3.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Progress Software's score of 0.52 indicating that Progress Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Progress Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Progress Software has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progress Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Progress Software beats C3.ai on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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